Lukas Pöstlberger riding under the tricolore

Greipel sees pink

Despite the dream start for Postlberger it was Andre Greipel who ended the day in pink. Greipel's stage win put him in pink for the first time.
Sprint rival Caleb Ewan was left frustrated after some argy bargy with Colombian sprinter Fernando Gaviria left him rolling over the line pedalling with one foot

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Campione

Italian champion Giacomo Nizzolo is cheered on by fans at the Giro. The rider would later abandon the race after struggling with allergies.

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Ciao ragazzi

'Bye boy' the sign reads as fans continued to pay tributes to the former Astana rider.

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Bob Jungels takes the initiative

The young Luxembourgish rider showed his tactical awareness on stage three. Jungels heralded his team and sprinter Fernando Gaviria into a breakaway with his smart echelon attack through some hairy crosswinds.

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Fernando Gaviria takes stage three

Stringing the peloton out, Jungels created the perfect launchpad for Gaviria to take the stage.

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The first rest day

Rest day's aren't just for riders as the race's helicopter somehow squeezes into the transfer ferry.

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Rohan Dennis drops out on Etna

Stage four saw Rohan Dennis as the first contender to drop out following a crash on stage three. The Australian couldn't continue and left the team's GC ambitions solely on Tejay van Garderen.

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Peloton riding to Etna

With a beaming sun, blue skies and azure waters, it's not a bad job being a cyclist.

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Super support for Zakarin

A Russian fan rushes along with the peloton in support of Katusha-Alpecin's Ilnur Zakarin

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Polanc powers up Etna

A solid breakaway saw Jan Polanc solo his way to victory on a testing fourth stage.

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Peloton rolling through on stage five

The peloton rides towards the finish in Vincenzo Nibali's home town of Messina

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The riders are ready for their close up

The unique aerial footage gets in much closer than you think it would appear.

Conti falters as Izagirre takes it

Valerio Conti crashes with less than a kilometre to go on stage eight of the Giro d'Italia losing out on the stage victory and the pink jersey. Gorka Izagirre went on to secure the plaudits as Jungels defended his pink jersey yet again.

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Quintana tackles the Blockhaus

Quintana is flanked by fans dressed as chickens as he rides up the first serious test of the Giro

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Trouble for Thomas on stage nine

A parked moto caused havoc in the peloton as Geraint Thomas, Mikel Landa and Adam Yates crashed into it. Thomas suffered injuries and dropped five minutes on the day's eventual winner, Nairo Quintana.

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Quintana triumphs on Blockhaus

After a crash split the peloton, Nairo Quintana was the strongest on the race's first serious climb, the Blockhaus. The Colombian rider ended the day with both the stage win and the pink jersey before the second rest day.

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One of many eccentric road side decorations

Italy knows how to celebrate its heroes with this peculiar caricature of Fausto Coppi, Gino Bartali and Marco Pantani.

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Dumoulin pips Thomas to the post on stage 10

Despite his moto crash just two days before, Geraint Thomas powered to a second place finish, only beaten by an astute ride by Tom Dumoulin.

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Tom Dumoulin takes pinks

A thriilling time trial from Tom Dumoulin saw him snatch pink from Quintana and a whopping 2-53 to boot.

Bartali meets Dumoulin

Omar Fraile flies

Dimension Data's Omar Fraile was one of 26 riders in the day's early breakaway. The Spanish rider was part of a four man sprint where he took an impressive victory.

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The peloton riding from Forli to Reggio Emilia

Riders cruise along in the sunshine on stage 12 to Reggio Emilia

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Vespa fan

One woman enjoys the Giro from the comfort of her Vespa

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Gav gets three on stage 12

The Colombian continued his dream start to Giro with a third stage win, retaining the maglia ciclamino in Reggio Emilia

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Peloton at Parma

The peloton in the northern city of Parma

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Zhupa chows down

The Albanian champ eats some grub before the final sprint on stage 13

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Untouchable

Gaviria showed the full extent of his sprinting prowess as he was unstoppable on stage 13 of the Giro d'Italia. Sam Bennett tried hopelessly to overcome the Colombian but Gaviria was untouchable.

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FDJ under the sun

Unusually for the Giro, there wasn't a single drop of rain during the race, even during the Dolomite mountain stages

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Rudy Molard high fives fans

The Frenchman enjoys interacting with fans on stage 14

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Dumoulin distances Quintana on stage 14

Tom Dumoulin produced one of the best rides of his career as he put time between himself and Quintana on the summit finish to Oropa taking the stage win too.

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Shadows in the sun

Riders on stage 15 of the Giro in the sunshine

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Stage 15’s breakaway

The breakaway rides on towards Bergamo, with the stage featuring an Il Lombardia style finish

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Jungels is massive

Riding in the best young rider's jersey, Bob Jungels took his first ever Grand Tour stage victory continuing his rise to prominence.

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Stelvio descent

Team Sunweb rider, Chad Haga descends the Stelvio Pass on one of the toughest days of the 100th Giro

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Landa suffering

Mikel Landa

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Nibalissimo

Team Sky's Giro misforunte continued on stage 16 as Vincenzo Nibali took Italy's first stage victory at this year's Giro pipping Mikel Landa to the post in a gruelling up hill sprint after a long day. It wasn't all doom and gloom for Landa though as he secured the Cima Coppi as he climbed the highest point of the year's race first.

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Peloton at Passo del Tonale on stage 17

The peloton take on an early climb on a more relaxed day for the GC contenders

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Cannondale-Drapac end the drought

After two years without a victory at a Grand Tour, Pierre Rolland smashed the team's hoodoo and his own with a fantastic solo attack 7km from the line of stage 17.

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Joy for Rolland

After winning the stage, Rolland lifts his bike in celebration.

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Peloton at Passo Pordoi

Team Sunweb leading the line at Passo Pordoi on stage 18

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Joe Dombrowski descending

Riders descend off a climb after another big mountain day at the Giro d'Italia

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Van Garderen bites back at critics

Tejay van Garderen wins a stage at the 2017 Giro d'Italia (Sunada)

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Pinot attacks on stage 19

Thibaut Pinot goes on the attack on the Piancavallo

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Rui Costa and Pierre Rolland

The pair tried to reel in Mikel Landa on Piancavallo but the Basque rider was too strong

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Landa takes victory at third time of asking on stage 19

On the final climb of Piancavallo, Landa learned from his previous failings and launched an early attack against Rui Costa. The Team Sky rider paced himself as he raced up the last climb alone and paid tribute to friend Michele Scarponi with his victory.

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Rider at the start in Pordenone

Rider roll off from the start on the final day in the mountains at the 100th Giro

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The Shark goes hunting

Vincenzo Nibali goes on the attack at the Giro d'Italia

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Pinot thrills in penultimate stage

A hectic penultimate stage saw Thibaut Pinot come to life, taking victory and some pivotal bonus seconds over his rivals going into the last day. The stage set up a final day with the top four riders being separated by 53 seconds.
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Giro d’Italia stage 21

Tom Dumoulin wasn't in pink at the start of the final stage, but produced a dominant time trial performance to overhaul Nairo Quintana and win the first Grand Tour of his career

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Nairo Quintana is the last man to finish

With Tom Dumoulin recording a big time of 33-23, Quintana would only have a chance to win if he rode the time trial of his life.

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Tom takes it!

Unfortunately for Quintana his ride wasn't up to Dumoulin's efforts as he missed the mark by 31 seconds. Dumoulin became the first ever Dutchman to win the Giro d'Italia, and in incredible fashion too.